NASA is quietly reshaping what surface exploration on the Moon will look like, trading the open buggies of Apollo for a new ...

NASA's next lunar mission is just around the corner, and three companies are competing to provide the rover that the astronauts will take with them.

NASA has unveiled a new lunar rover built to survive the Moon’s most unforgiving environments. The design includes upgraded ...

Lunar Outpost has revised the design of the Lunar Dawn rover it is developing for NASA after Lockheed Martin left the team working on it. Credit: Lunar Outpost BREMEN, Germany — Lunar Outpost has ...

Space exploration is perhaps the only kind of human activity where failure is not only tolerated but probably recommended. Through explosions on the launch pad, failed lift-offs, or botched landings, ...

Meet LRU1: the adorable lunar rover with a multispectral stereo camera head that's helping scientists hunt for ice ...

The coming week is a very important one for the European space exploration efforts, as the continent's first Moon rover will finally have to chance to roam the deserted, regolith-covered surface of ...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab), announced it has reached an agreement with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) for the company to transport Astrolab’s ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Athena's mission, known as IM-2, is targeting a landing at around 12:32 p.m. EST (1732 GMT) today ...

On Friday, student teams will gather for NASA’s annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge near the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., to compete at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center's ...

NASA has decided to give the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Moon rover project another go after canceling the venture last year following delays and budget issues. The mission ...

Humans are headed back to the Moon, and the goal is to stay there this time. Long-term lunar operations could unlock a new era of space exploration, but astronauts will need a lot of equipment on the ...